Aperture Masters of Photography: Paul Strand
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Paul Strand (born in New York, 1890; died in Orgeval, France, 1976) is one of photography's great modernist masters. Alongside Edward Weston and Alfred Stieglitz, he pushed the artistic potential of the medium to new heights. Strand's long career began as a student of Lewis Hine, and by 1917, he was already recognized as an important artist; the last issue of Stieglitz's Camera Work magazine was entirely devoted to his photographs, including many of his early masterpieces. After broadly exploring the modernist possibilities of photography and filmmaking, Strand moved to Mexico in 1932, where his work began to reflect his ambition to make comprehensive portraits of places. Thereafter, he made photo-essays about different regions around the world, staying for extended periods in the Hebrides in Scotland, Egypt, Morocco, France, Italy and Ghana, among other places; each body of work is composed of portraits, landscapes, and architectural details.
From staff member Zeb Andrews: "Like the other Aperture Masters series, this book combines Strand's photos with explanations regarding what he accomplished with the images as well as contextual information regarding the world Strand was operating in. While I am just lukewarm on Strand's photography I really appreciate the deeper understanding this book gives me of his place in the history of photography."
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